Summer is officially here and that means that the Dog Days of Summer will soon be upon us! To help everyone get through the hottest days of the year, we are debuting the Dog Days Duel! The tournament will also be a celebration and recognition of Performance Pickleball's resident doggie Steve the Pug!

We've partnered with Atlantic Union Bank to bring you the Atlantic Union Bank Performance Series, a series of major tournaments run by Performance Pickleball at both indoor and outdoor venues throughout the year.

Participate, play and place on the podium in each of the Atlantic Union Bank Performance Series tournaments and earn Atlantic Union Bank Challenge standings points! We will award money/cash prizes to the top points standings finishers at the end of the year at the Atlantic Union Bank Open. Are you up to the Challenge?

This tournament will be held at the premier Performance Pickleball RVA indoor pickleball facility in Henrico, VA. There will be Skill & Age Divisions in Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles in addition to a Junior/Youth Coed Division.

Junior / Youth (10-17), 19+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+

Also Introducing Split Age Under 50 / Over 50!

3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 & Open

The tournament will also feature Open Divisions within each of the Men's, Women's and Mixed events with Prize Money awarded to the Top 3 teams/players in each Open Division event (40 And Above Divisions included!). Medal matches in the Open Divisions will be livestreamed and broadcasted each day on the Performance Pickleball YouTube page.

Matches will take place on 12 state-of-the-art dedicated indoor pickleball courts at Performance Pickleball RVA. Medals will be awarded to the Top 3 teams/players in each bracket.

Men's Singles

Women's Singles Open Divisions

Women's Split Age Doubles

Players Party & Welcome! 6:00-10:00pm

Men's & Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Junior / Youth Coed Doubles

Early Registration with Discount Thru Friday 7/4/25

Cancellation Deadline for a Full Refund is Thursday 7/31/25

Late Registration Starts Friday 8/1/25

All Registration Closes on Friday 8/8/25

The registration fee is $55 per player and includes a free tournament t-shirt and other tournament sponsor giveaways. Please be sure to indicate your shirt size during the registration process. Late or last-minute registrants may not be guaranteed a t-shirt and/or desired shirt size, so be sure to sign up early!

Event fees are $15 per event for all Skill & Age events and $30 per event for all Open Division events (both Under 40 & 40 And Above Divisions). There is also a PB/PT non-refundable service fee of $5 per event or a maximum of $10 when registering for 2 or more events.

For doubles events, priority will be given to teams that have both partners registered. Teams with only one partner registered and teams with no designated partner will be waitlisted. To secure your spot in a doubles bracket, please make sure that both you and your partner are registered.

This is a non-sanctioned tournament, but we will be following USAP 2025 rules.

All Skill & Age brackets will be Round Robin with a Single Elimination bracket round and/or Medal matches to be played immediately following the completion of Round Robin play.

Round Robin matches will be either best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 or 1 game to 15 win by 2 or 1 game to 11 win by 2 depending on the size of the bracket and/or pools. Gold Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2. Bronze Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 or 1 game to 15 win by 2.

Open Division brackets will be Double Elimination. Double Elimination bracket matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 in the Winners' Bracket and 1 game to 15 win by 2 in the Consolation Bracket. Teams/players in the Consolation Bracket will have a chance to advance back into the medal rounds. Gold Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 with a Tiebreaker match, if necessary, being 1 game to 15 win by 2. Bronze Medal matches will be 1 game to 15 win by 2.

The Junior/Youth Division will be a Coed Doubles Scramble format, meaning that players register and sign up individually and will be mixed and paired up with other players for the tournament matches. Coed doubles teams may consist of any combination of boys, girls or mixed pairings.

Minimum age for participation is 10 and maximum age is 17; for any ages under 10, please contact us for approval. If there are enough sign-ups, we may be able to split the division further into different age and/or skill groups. No additional event fees for the Junior/Youth Division.

The rating used for this tournament will be DUPR and all match scores and results will be automatically entered into DUPR. Please be sure to connect your DUPR account to your Pickleball.com account to ensure reporting accuracy.

Please click on the following links to claim or create a DUPR account and for instructions on how to connect your DUPR account to your Pickleball.com account (which is also your Pickleball Tournaments account):

Skill & Age groups may be combined at the discretion of the Tournament Director to create brackets as needed based on the number of registered teams/players. The Tournament Director also reserves the right to adjust the bracket and match formats as necessary.

The Cancellation Deadline is Thursday 7/31/25. Full refunds less the PB/PT non-refundable service fees will be given through this date. After this date, there will be no refunds for cancellations or withdrawals. For any extenuating circumstances or situations, please contact the Tournament Director for approval.

Prize Money will be awarded to the Top 3 teams/players in each of the Open Division events (40 And Above Divisions included!). Payout amounts and distribution TBD.

The tournament will be held indoors at Performance Pickleball RVA and will go on rain, heat or humidity! We will keep everyone posted in case of any inclement or severe weather.